Ptosis

Central neurological causes

• Oculomotor nerve palsy
• Horner's syndrome

Peripheral neurological causes

Congenital causes

Structural causes

Medical causes

Enhanced ptosis

Differential diagnosis

Acronym

References

1. Ahmad K, Wright M, Lueck CJ. Ptosis. Pract Neurol 2011; 11:332-340.
2. Sudhakar P. Upper eyelid ptosis revisited. Am J Clin Med 2009; 6:5-14.
3. Filosto M, Tonin P, Vattemi G, et al. Chronic ophthalmoparesis in limb girdle muscular dystrophy 1C. JNNP 2009; 80:448-449.
4. Petzold A, Luthert PJ, Collin JRO, Plant GT. Recurrent ptosis due to myopathy of the levator palpebrae superioris. JNNP 2010; 81:337-338.
5. Das A, Radhakrishnan A. Teaching neuroimages: floppy eyelids in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Neurology 2011; 77:e130.
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